REPORTING LIVE FROM MT. CLEMENS, ROGER WEBER, LOCAL 4. Ruth: THANK YOU, ROGER. ALSO TONIGHT, WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED TO A DETROIT GROUP HOME, THEY FOUND A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. Devin: NEARLY A DOZEN PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND POLICE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED. LET'S GO TO SHAWN LEY LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE WITH A STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY ON LOCAL 4. Shawn: WHEN WE GOT HERE, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE ANGRY. YOU CAN'T DO THIS, PUT PADLOCKS ON THE FRONT DOOR AND LOOKING THE PEOPLE INSIDE. THESE ARE THE TWO PADLOCKS POLICE FOUND WHEN THEY WERE CALLED HERE EARLIER TODAY. THEY CUT THEM OFF AND ARE LOOKING FOR THE HOME'S OWNER, AND SO ARE WE. ONLY LOCAL 4 CAMERAS ARE HERE ON EAST STATE FAIR AS THE DETROIT FIRE MARSHAL IS INSPECTING THIS GROUP HOME. DETROIT POLICE WERE CALLED HERE ON A CALL THAT A 30-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT WAS FIGHTING WITH A 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO ALSO LIVES HERE. THE OFFICER WAS OUTRAGED TO FIND THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOME HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY BOLTED SHUT WITH TWO PADLOCKS. THE OWNER LEFT ONLY ONE WAY OUT IF THERE WAS A FIRE. POLICE CALLING THIS HOME A DEATH TRAP. RESIDENTS AGREE. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WOULD ALL JUST BURN, BECAUSE THERE'S NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER OR ANYTHING. Shawn: WHEN POLICE ASKED THE OWNER TO COME HERE TO EXPLAIN, SHE REFUSED. WE FOUND SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON THE SPOT BECAUSE SHE HAS OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR CODE VIOLATIONS FOR A HOME IN ROSEVILLE. FELONY ASSAULT, ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER AND DRUG CHARGES. THEY BELIEVE THE OWNER IS GETTING AROUND LICENSING AND INSPECTION BY CLAIMING TO HAVE A HOME TO RENT FOR ROOM AND BOARD ONLY. ONE WOMAN JUST DISCHARGED WITH AN IV IN HER ARM SAID THE OWNER HOOKS HER UP FOR HER MEDICATION. Shawn: IS SHE A NURSE? NO, SHE'S THE GROUP HOME LADY. Shawn: THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THE GROUP HOME LADY. MOST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME I SPOKE WITH SAID THEY'VE BEEN RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN MEETS THE EYE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GUYS JUST LEFT AND ISSUED CIVIL INFRACTIONS. BUT NOW POLICE HAVE CALLED THE STATE IN TO INVESTIGATE, AS WELL.

DETROIT -

The Detroit Fire Marshal was inspecting a group home Tuesday afternoon on East State Fair Street after police were called on a report that a 30-year-old male resident at the home was fighting with a 62-year-old woman who also lives there.

When police arrived they found the front door of the home intentionally locked with padlocks. Police cut the locks, saying if there were a fire the owner of the home left just one way out for the residents.

"Well, you know what, we would all just burn because there is no fire extinguisher or anything," said one resident.

Detroit police also say the owner has no permits to run the place. Eleven people have been living there since March. When police asked the owner to go to the home to give an explanation, she refused.

Local 4 has learned she would have been arrested upon arrival because she has outstanding warrants for code violations, felony assault, assaulting a police officer and drug charges, among others.

Detroit police and firefighters also found the refrigerator and freezer padlocked. Police believe the owner is avoiding licensing and inspections by claiming to have a home to rent for room and board.

However, one woman who was just discharged from a hospital -- with an IV still in her arm -- said the owner hooks her IV up to her medication.

The home has not been inspected by a city building inspector. Several civil infractions have been written up but police are investigating to see if there are criminal issues, too. The state has been called in to investigate as well.

The residents are allowed to stay for now.

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